An easy task for world number one Djokovic in "Dubai Tennis"
Serbian Novak Djokovic, the world's number one, begins his search for the sixth title in the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships, with a total prize money of about $ 2.8 million, against Italian Lorenzo Mussetti, ranked 57 in the world, in the first countries.
This came in the press conference for the ceremonies of the draw for the championship in its 30th edition, which was held today, Saturday, in the Majlis Hall at the "Dubai Duty Free" stadium in the Garhoud area of Dubai.
Djokovic's appearance in Dubai represents the Serbian star's first on the tennis courts in the new season, after he was denied participation in the Australian Open last January, especially as the Serbian defends his chances of winning his first title this year, and adding the sixth title to his records in the "Dubai Market" championship Al Hurra Dubai” after being crowned in 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013 and 2020.
And the 30th edition of the Dubai Duty Free Championship will witness the participation of 4 players from the top 10 in the world, as in addition to Serbian Djokovic, the Russian Andrei Rublev, ranked 7 in the world, Canadian Felix Auger-Aliassim, ranked 9 in the world, and the Italian are on the official list. Yannick Sener, seeded 10.
The results of the draw were mixed in terms of the players' fortunes. Last year's holder of the "Dubai Tennis" title, Russian Aslan Kratsev, ranked 15th in the world, begins the competition in the second group with a meeting of the American Mackenzie MacDonald, ranked 51st in the world.
For the same group, the only representative of the Tunisian Arab, Malek Jaziri, will collide in the first round with Serbian Filip Krajinovic, ranked 44 in the world, in a task that will not be easy for Jaziri in the tournament, especially that the Tunisian’s success in overcoming the obstacle of the first round will put him in front of a possible confrontation with the Russian title holder Aslan Kratsev.
The British champion Andre Murray returns to the Dubai Championship in 2017, and the task of Murray, who is currently ranked 87th in the world, seems relatively easy to overcome the obstacle in the first round, after the draw placed him in the direction of one of the players coming from the qualifying round, but Murray's task will become more difficult starting from the second round. In which he may meet with Italian Yannick Sener, which depends on the Italian's success in overcoming the obstacle in his first match, in which he will face the 47th world ranked Spaniard, Alejandor Davidovich Bukina.
The ceremony was attended by Colm McLoughlin, Executive Vice Chairman of Dubai Duty Free, the owner and organizer of the event, Salah Tahlak, director of the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships, and representative of the Professional Tennis Association Thomas Karlberg, along with Tunisian players Malek Jaziri and Italian Lorenzo Mussetti.
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